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• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• CONTENTS
• List of Illustrations and Tables
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• INTRODUCTION
• THE KINDS OF ANCIENT STORY
• THE PRESENT BOOK
• CHAPTER 1 KINGS AND PRINCESSES
• 1. Cupid and Psyche
• 2. The Treasury of Rhampsinitos
• 3. The Pharaoh and the Courtesan
• CHAPTER 2 GODS AND GHOSTS
• DIVINE EPIPHANIES
• 4. The Muses Appear to Hesiod
• 5. The Muses Appear to Archilochos
• 6. Thamyris Competes against the Muses
• 7. Stesichoros’s Palinode
• 8. Asklepios Heals Pandaros
• 9. Asklepios Reveals Secrets of the Gods
• 10. Athena Saves the Lindians
• 11. The Altar of the Vulture God
• 12. A Fortune in Water
• 13. The Rescue of Simonides
• LOWER MYTHOLOGY
• 14. Narcissus
• 15. Rhoikos and the Nymph
• 16. “The Great God Pan Is Dead!”
• 17. Bogies
• SHAPE-CHANGERS
• 18. The Werewolf
• 19. The Empousa
• GHOSTS
• 20. Philinnion
• 21. The Last Princess at Troy
• 22. The Grateful Dead Man
• 23. Murder at the Inn
• 24. Letter from the Middle of the Earth
• 25. The Haunted House
• 26. The Haunted Baths
• 27. The Haunted Battlefield
• 28. The Hero of Temesa
• 29. Periander’s Wife
• EARLY WONDER-WORKERS
• 30. Abaris the Hyperborean
• 31. Aristeas of Prokonnesos
• 32. Hermotimos of Klazomenai
• 33. Epimenides of Crete
• 34. Pherekydes of Syros
• 35. Pythagoras
• TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS
• 36. Pythagoras Remembers an Earlier Life
• 37. Pythagoras Discerns a Friend’s Soul in a Dog
• 38. Empedokles Recalls His Earlier Lives
• 39. The Woman Who Remembers Too Much
• MAGICIANS AND WITCHES
• 40. Pases the Magician
• 41. Attack by Star-Stroke
• 42. A Woman Dies from Spells
• 43. The Soul- Drawing Wand
• 44. Apollonios Cures a Plague
• 45. The Magician’s Apprentice
• 46. Evil Landladies
• DIVINATION AND SEERS
• 47. The Language of Birds
• 48. The Acquisition of the Sibylline Oracles
• 49. What the Sibyl Wants
• 50. Bacchus Forsakes Antony
• 51. Cato Explains a Portent
• 52. Cato on Soothsayers
• FATE
• 53. Polykrates’s Ring
• 54. “Zeus, Why Me?”
• 55. The Last Days of Mykerinos
• 56. Kleonymos’s Near-Death Experience
• 57. Eurynoos’s Near-Death Experience
• 58. Curma’s Near-Death Experience
• JEWS, CHRISTIANS, AND PAGANS
• 59. The Origin of the Septuagint
• 60. Miracles of Jesus
• 61. Paul and Barnabas Mistaken for Pagan Gods
• 62. The Discovery of the True Cross
• 63. The Last Delphic Oracle
• 64. “You Have Won, Galilean!”
• 65. The Murder of Hypatia
• CHAPTER 3 LEGENDS ON VARIOUS THEMES
• THE BIZARRE
• 66. Capture of a Satyr
• 67. Capture of a Centaur
• 68. Sightings of Mermen and Mermaids
• 69. The Self-Sustaining Beast
• 70. In Love with a Statue
• 71. Animal Offspring
• 72. The Ugly Man
• 73. Male Parturition
• 74. Sudden Change of Sex
• 75. Periodic Ecstasy
• 76. The Laughing Tirynthians
• 77. The Man Who Loses His Laugh
• 78. A Strange Tomb
• 79. The Lame Man and the Blind Man
• IRONY
• 80. Intaphrenes’s Wife
• 81. A Parent’s Request
• 82. Plato’s Characters
• 83. The Unbreakable Glass Bowl
• ANIMALS
• 84. The Dolphin Rider
• 85. The Grateful Dolphin
• 86. Androkles and the Lion
• 87. How Ophiteia Gets Its Name
• 88. Xanthippos’s Dog
• 89. The Accidental Killing of a Cat
• CHILDREN
• 90. The Children Play King
• 91. The Children Play Priest
• 92. The Children Play War
• 93. A Child Steals from the Goddess
• FRIENDS
• 94. Damon and Phintias
• 95. Friends Unknown
• 96. Abauchas’s Choice
• RULERS AND TYRANTS
• 97. Plato Teaches a Tyrant about Democracy
• 98. The City of Forbidden Expression
• 99. Ismenias’s Subterfuge
• 100. Queen for a Day
• 101. The Absentminded Emperor
• JUSTICE
• 102. Zeus’s Ledger
• 103. The Golden Ax
• 104. The Judge of the Ants
• 105. Tarpeia’s Reward
• 106. The Cranes of Ibykos
• 107. The Murder of Mitys of Argos
• 108. An Eye for an Eye
• 109. The Trial of the Courtesan Phryne
• 110. The Problem of Dreamt Sex
• 111. The Disputed Child
• 112. Abusive Son of an Abusive Father
• CHAPTER 4 TRICKSTERS AND LOVERS
• TRICKERY AND CLEVERNESS
• 113. Trophonios and Agamedes
• 114. The Dishonest Banker
• 115. The Joint Depositors
• 116. The Two Thieves
• 117. Aesop and the Figs
• 118. Never Heard Before
• 119. The Slaves Take Over
• 120. The Milesians Hold a Party
• 121. Saving Lampsakos
• 122. The Suckling Daughter
• 123. A Donkey’s Shadow
• 124. The Hoax
• LOVERS AND SEDUCERS
• 125. Zeus and Hera Wrangle over Sexuality
• 126. The Affair of Ares and Aphrodite
• 127. Iphimedeia Desires Poseidon
• 128. Hippolytos and Phaidra
• 129. The Husband’s Untimely Return: 1
• 130. The Husband’s Untimely Return: 2
• 131. The Signal
• 132. The Widow of Ephesos
• 133. Sleeping with a God
• 134. The Pergamene Boy
• 135. Aesop and the Master’s Wife
• 136. The King’s Trusted Friend
• 137. Dream-Lovers
• 138. The Astute Physician
• 139. Hero and Leander
• 140. Xanthos, Who Longs for His Wife
• 141. Ariston and His Friend’s Wife
• 142. Olympians in the Bedroom
• CHAPTER 5 ARTISTS AND ATHLETES
• ARTISTS AND THE ARTS
• 143. Herakles Fooled
• 144. Nature Fooled
• 145. Painter Fooled
• 146. The Sculptor Polykleitos
• 147. Models for Helen of Troy
• 148. Helen’s Chalice
• 149. Archilochos: Lethal Iambics
• 150. Hipponax: More Lethal Iambics
• 151. The Cicada
• 152. A Singer’s Compensation
• 153. Pindar’s Sacrifice
• 154. Pindar’s House
• 155. Phrynichos Fined
• 156. The Chorus of Aeschylus’s
• 157. Sophocles on Himself and Euripides
• 158. “I See a Weasel”
• 159. “Mother, I Call to You”
• 160. Saved by Euripides
• 161. How Menander Composes His Plays
• 162. The First Line of Plato’s Republic
• 163. Ovid’s Worst Lines
• ATHLETES
• 164. The Origin of the Stadium
• 165. The First Marathon
• 166. The Origin of Nude Athletes
• 167. The Origin of Nude Trainers
• 168. Polymestor the Sprinter
• 169. Ageus the Long-Distance Runner
• 170. Milon the Wrestler
• 171. Eumastas the Strongman
• 172. Theagenes’s Statue
• 173. Poulydamas the Pancratiast
• 174. Kleomedes Runs Amok
• 175. Astylos Angers His Hometown
• 176. Exainetos Pleases His Hometown
• 177. Glaukos the Boxer
• 178. The Reluctant Dueler
• CHAPTER 6 MEMORABLE WORDS, NOTABLE ACTIONS
• PORTENTS
• 179. The Infant Pindar on Mt. Helikon
• 180. The Infant Plato on Mt. Hymettos
• 181. Young Demosthenes in Court
• CHARACTERIZATIONS
• 182. A Statue of Homer
• 183. Themistokles and the Man from Seriphos
• 184. Aristeides the Just
• 185. Timon the Misanthrope
• 186. The Arrest of Theramenes
• 187. Socrates’s Hardihood
• 188. Socrates Ponders a Problem
• 189. Demosthenes’s Handicaps
• 190. “Delivery!”
• 191. Only Human
• 192. What Alexander Sleeps Upon
• 193. Cleopatra’s Wager
• 194. The Lamprey Pools
• 195. A Principled Man
• 196. Nero Fiddles
• 197. “Where Would He Be Now?”
• 198. A Slave’s Eye
• 199. The People of Akragas
• LACONIC SPARTANS
• 200. Too Many Words
• 201. A Spartan Mother
• 202. Discussion at Thermopylae
• 203. Alexander the Great Becomes a God
• 204. On Spartan Adultery
• DELUSION
• 205. Menekrates, Who Calls Himself Zeus
• 206. Menekrates-Zeus Writes to King Philip
• 207. Philip Hosts Menekrates
• 208. Hannon’s Birds
• 209. The Woman Who Holds Up the World with Her Finger
• 210. The House Called Trireme
• 211. The Happy Shipowner
• 212. The Happy Playgoer
• MEMORABLE WORDS
• 213. Ars Longa, Vita Brevis
• 214. Which Came First?
• 215. Alter Ego
• 216. “Give Me a Place to Stand, and I’ll Move the World!”
• 217. Life Is Like the Olympic Games
• 218. “The Die Is Cast”
• 219. “Et tu, Brute?”
• 220. In Hoc Signo Vinces
• MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES
• 221. Toxic Honey
• 222. A Narrow Escape
• 223. The Great Fish
• 224. The Discovery of Archimedes’s Tomb
• SUMMING UP AND LAST WORDS
• 225. Counting One’s Blessings
• 226. Socrates
• 227. Theophrastos’s Lament
• 228. Vespasian’s Last Words
• DEATHS
• 229. Pythagoras
• 230. Aeschylus
• 231. Euripides
• 232. Philemon
• 233. Diogenes the Cynic
• 234. Zenon
• 235. Cleopatra
• 236. Petronius Arbiter
• 237. Archimedes
• CHAPTER 7 SAGES AND PHILOSOPHERS
• TRUTH AND WISDOM
• 238. The Seven Sages and the Prize of Wisdom
• 239. Thales on Life and Death
• 240. A Question of Responsibility
• 241. A Problem of Identity
• 242. Secundus the Silent Philosopher
• CONVERTING TO PHILOSOPHY
• 243. Plato
• 244. Axiothea
• 245. Epicurus
• BENEFITS AND PERILS OF PHILOSOPHY
• 246. Aristippos on the Philosopher’s Advantage
• 247. Aristippos on the Benefits of Philosophy
• 248. Antisthenes on the Benefits of Philosophy
• 249. Diogenes on the Benefits of Philosophy
• 250. Krates on the Benefits of Philosophy
• 251. The Most Useful Man in Ephesos
• 252. Protagoras’s Books Burned
• 253. Sinning against Philosophy
• THE PHILOSOPHIC LIFE
• 254. Thales in the Well
• 255. Thales and the Olive Presses
• WEALTH VS. WISDOM
• 256. Simonides’s View
• 257. Aristippos’s View
• THE CYNICS
• 258. Diogenes on Being Laughed At
• 259. Diogenes and the Lantern
• 260. The Meeting of Diogenes and Alexander
• 261. Alexander’s Offer
• 262. Diogenes on Personal Attire
• 263. Diogenes on Temple Theft
• 264. Diogenes on a Public Reading
• 265. Diogenes Visits a Brothel
• 266. Diogenes on the City of Myndos
• 267. “Watch Out!”
• 268. Krates and Hipparchia
• 269. Monimos on Wealth
• PHILOSOPHERS CRITICIZE ONE ANOTHER
• 270. Diogenes Criticizes Plato
• 271. Plato Criticizes Diogenes
• 272. Plato Characterizes Diogenes
• 273. Diogenes on Plato’s Theory of Ideas
• 274. Diogenes on a Definition of Plato’s
• 275. Diogenes on the Impossibility of Motion
• EDUCATION AND LEARNING
• 276. A Song before Dying
• 277. The Entrance to Plato’s Classroom
• 278. The Delian Problem
• 279. The Worst Punishment
• DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS
• 280. The Invention of Hunting
• 281. The Invention of Board Games
• 282. The Original Language
• 283. Thales Inscribes a Triangle in a Circle
• 284. Thales Measures the Height of the Pyramids
• 285. Thales Predicts an Eclipse
• 286. The Pythagorean Theorem
• 287. “Eureka!”
• HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT
• 288. The Origin of Human Miseries
• 289. The Rock of Tantalos
• 290. The Sword of Damocles
• 291. King Midas
• 292. Wealth and Happiness
• 293. Water and a Loaf of Bread
• 294. Gold vs. Figs
• 295. Untouched by Grief
• 296. The Happy Mute
• 297. Pyrrhos and Kineas
• ON DRINKING
• 298. The Third Cup of Wine
• ON BEHAVING LIKE ANIMALS
• 299. The Different Stages of Life
• 300. The Different Kinds of People
• 301. The Different Kinds of Women
• AESOPIC FABLES
• 302. The Fox and the Crane
• 303. The Dog with a Piece of Meat
• 304. The Raven with a Piece of Meat
• 305. The King of the Apes
• 306. The Ape with Important Ancestors
• 307. The Sour Grapes
• 308. The Ant and the Cicada
• 309. The Lion’s Share
• 310. The Race of the Tortoise and the Hare
• 311. The Lion and the Mouse
• 312. The Plump Dog
• 313. The Transformed Weasel
• 314. The Goose That Lays Golden Eggs
• 315. The Tortoise That Wishes to Fly
• 316. The King of the Frogs
• 317. The Astronomer
• 318. The Shepherd Who Cries “Wolf!”
• 319. “Here Is Rhodes!”
• 320. The Belly and the Feet
• 321. The Oak and the Reed
• SHORT FABLES
• 322. The Mountain in Labor
• 323. The Attentive Donkey
• CHAPTER 8 NUMSKULLS AND SYBARITES
• TRADITIONAL NUMSKULLS
• 324. Margites
• 325. Meletides
• 326. Koroibos
• 327. Morychos
• 328. Akko
• 329. The Foolish Kymaians
• 330. The Foolish Abderites
• OTHER NUMSKULLS
• 331. Carrying the Load
• 332. Acquiring Sense
• 333. Seeing the Doctor
• 334. The Trained Donkey
• 335. The Books
• 336. The Slave
• 337. A Call of Nature
• 338. The Twins
• 339. The Funeral
• 340. The Ball in the Well
• 341. The Educated Son
• 342. The Travelers
• 343. The Grateful Father
• 344. A Pair of Twins
• 345. The Fugitives
• 346. The Pillow
• WITS
• 347. Too Healthy
• 348. What Does It Taste Like?
• 349. All in the Family
• 350. The Strongest Thing
• 351. Caesar’s Soldiers Sing
• MISCELLANEOUS
• 352. Not at Home
• 353. The Portent
• 354. The Deaf Judge
• 355. The Scythian
• 356. The Cold Reading
• 357. The Covetous Man and the Envious Man
• THE DELICATE SYBARITES
• 358. Uncomfortable Sleep
• 359. The Suitor
• 360. Noise Policy
• 361. The Affliction of Work
• 362. Excursions to the Country
• 363. Chamber Pots
• 364. Piped Wine
• 365. Policy on Parties
• 366. Dancing Horses
• TALL TALES
• 367. Topsy-Turvy Land
• 368. Frozen Speech
• 369. Thin Men
• Appendix. Across the Genres: Ancient Terms, Belief, and Relative Numbers
• Notes on the Tales
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Ancient Sources
• List of International Stories